Many of the most famous Americans are the first Americans, those that fought in and oversaw the Revolutionary War.
The life and adventures of other famous people can be found on our spies, Revolutionary War Women, and generals pages.
These famous Americans are in alphabetical order by last name. These are just those involved in the American Revolution in some way.
The Marquis de Lafayette fought valiantly as a French soldier on behalf of the Americans.
These short biographies, complete with their most famous deeds, are written to be fast-moving, interesting, and exciting as well as providing the most important details of their lives.
- Abigail Adams
- John Adams
- John Quincy Adams
- Samuel Adams
- Ethan Allen
- Benedict Arnold
- John Dickinson
- Benjamin Franklin
Benedict Arnold also had numerous inventions
And everyone loves Benjamin Franklin quotes
- The Green Mountain Boys
- Nathan Hale
- Alexander Hamilton
- John Hancock
- Patrick Henry
- Thomas Jefferson
- Robert Livingston
- James Madison
- Francis Marion “The Swamp Fox”
- James Monroe
- Robert Morris, primary financier of the Revolutionary War
- Thomas Paine
- Paul Revere (also see Paul Revere’s Ride, the famous 1861 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
- Betsy Ross
- Benjamin Rush
- Joseph Warren
- George Washington
